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Wuthering Waves

KURO GAMES · 2025-04-28

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ActionAdventureRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Co-operative

Releases: May 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2024 (Android), Jan 02, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 22, 2024 (iOS), Mar 27, 2025 (Mac), Jul 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Wuthering Waves is a story-rich open-world action RPG with a high degree of freedom. You wake from your slumber as Rover, joined by a vibrant cast of Resonators on a journey to reclaim your lost memories and change the world.

Wuthering Waves is a 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with a Very Positive (88% of 53973 reviews) sentiment.

15,416
playing now
88%
positive of 55k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,753
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (289 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

15,416 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Wuthering Waves is a 2024 free-to-play open world gacha action role-playing game developed and published by Kuro Games.

Health check

Thriving
  • · 15,416 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 6,619 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~827/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.4k6.4k20252026Week of 2025-04-28: 6,362 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 769 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 1,645 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 1,157 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 962 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 821 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 1,624 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 122 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 687 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 724 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 738 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 379 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 515 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 776 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 404 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 291 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 643 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 91 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 5,434 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 754 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 535 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 1,025 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 156 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 638 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 460 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 450 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 337 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 732 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 178 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 503 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 247 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 397 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 290 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 522 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 109 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 536 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 98 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 1,282 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 362 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 832 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 207 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 467 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 825 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 157 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 543 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 379 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 57 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

26k2.7k2026-08-06 16:00 — 12,693 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 8,064 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9,727 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 14,505 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 10,834 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 12,106 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 9,859 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 8,297 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 13,188 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 7,650 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 7,367 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 11,047 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 7,248 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 9,366 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 9,958 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 7,993 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 13,841 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 9,037 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 8,985 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 13,814 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 8,441 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 7,914 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 20,470 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 12,228 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 19,622 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 15,377 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 12,898 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 19,957 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 10,257 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 12,488 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 11,160 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 8,437 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 13,855 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 9,586 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 8,563 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 14,657 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 10,320 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 11,167 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 13,199 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 15,416 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#44#702026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #442026-08-07 — #442026-08-08 — #442026-08-09 — #442026-08-10 — #442026-08-11 — #442026-08-12 — #442026-08-13 — #622026-08-14 — #622026-08-15 — #622026-08-16 — #642026-08-17 — #702026-08-18 — #642026-08-19 — #592026-08-20 — #592026-08-21 — #492026-08-22 — #492026-08-23 — #552026-08-24 — #602026-08-25 — #582026-08-26 — #582026-08-27 — #542026-08-28 — #532026-08-29 — #532026-08-30 — #59
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
92922026-08-072026-08-302026-08-07: 32 new positive2026-08-07: 15 new negative2026-08-08: 45 new positive2026-08-08: 13 new negative2026-08-09: 35 new positive2026-08-09: 11 new negative2026-08-10: 49 new positive2026-08-10: 4 new negative2026-08-11: 33 new positive2026-08-11: 9 new negative2026-08-12: 30 new positive2026-08-12: 14 new negative2026-08-14: 54 new positive2026-08-14: 15 new negative2026-08-15: 14 new positive2026-08-15: 9 new negative2026-08-16: 56 new positive2026-08-16: 4 new negative2026-08-17: 32 new positive2026-08-17: 14 new negative2026-08-18: 20 new positive2026-08-18: 8 new negative2026-08-19: 49 new positive2026-08-19: 6 new negative2026-08-20: 61 new positive2026-08-20: 22 new negative2026-08-21: 92 new positive2026-08-21: 20 new negative2026-08-22: 58 new positive2026-08-22: 23 new negative2026-08-23: 75 new positive2026-08-23: 22 new negative2026-08-24: 84 new positive2026-08-24: 16 new negative2026-08-25: 53 new positive2026-08-25: 17 new negative2026-08-26: 32 new positive2026-08-26: 11 new negative2026-08-27: 45 new positive2026-08-27: 8 new negative2026-08-28: 31 new positive2026-08-28: 14 new negative2026-08-29: 35 new positive2026-08-29: 7 new negative2026-08-30: 46 new positive2026-08-30: 13 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

2.7k5192026-05-29 — 843 pageviews2026-06-01 — 836 pageviews2026-06-04 — 702 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,021 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2,036 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,185 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,437 pageviews2026-06-19 — 944 pageviews2026-06-22 — 864 pageviews2026-06-25 — 683 pageviews2026-06-28 — 993 pageviews2026-07-01 — 855 pageviews2026-07-04 — 829 pageviews2026-07-07 — 862 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,805 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,415 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,035 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,196 pageviews2026-07-22 — 821 pageviews2026-07-25 — 682 pageviews2026-07-28 — 744 pageviews2026-07-31 — 684 pageviews2026-08-03 — 641 pageviews2026-08-06 — 541 pageviews2026-08-09 — 603 pageviews2026-08-12 — 559 pageviews2026-08-15 — 568 pageviews2026-08-18 — 614 pageviews2026-08-21 — 650 pageviews2026-08-24 — 560 pageviews2026-08-26 — 751 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14k5832026-08-20 01:12 — 3,708 viewers2026-08-20 04:12 — 6,848 viewers2026-08-20 07:12 — 8,276 viewers2026-08-20 10:12 — 7,687 viewers2026-08-20 13:12 — 6,879 viewers2026-08-21 11:12 — 2,039 viewers2026-08-22 23:12 — 4,925 viewers2026-08-26 19:15 — 2,360 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2,870 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1,603 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1,279 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 702 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1,369 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1,535 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2,546 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2,472 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 1,684 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 1,967 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 927 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 583 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 879 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 1,616 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 2,685 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 2,197 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 14,013 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 2,312 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1,353 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1,192 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 976 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 2,097 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 1,745 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 2,903 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 1,782 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 2,507 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 1,460 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 875 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 907 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2,305 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,753 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Thai

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)21,0852%83
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,5361%82

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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